We got together to talk about the Chicago roots of the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV and how the city was shaped by the Catholic church. Follow us on Instagram @deepdishofdeath_podcast Find us on BlueSky @deepdishofdeath.bsky.social Email us at [email protected] Jonathan Sanchez Leos and Meridith Halsey

Radford University/FGCU Serial Killer Database Alleged Chicago serial killer remains in custody after detention hearing on murder charges delayed Frantz Fanon : a portrait Follow us on Instagram @deepdishofdeath_podcast Find us on BlueSky @deepdishofdeath.bsky.social Email us at [email protected]…

Send us a text Hello! Today we are cross-posting with Chris and the WhoScoops podcast to present a special Oscars Episode! Chris and Kennedy have been recording an ill-informed and mostly rambling Academy Award podcast for the last few years and this time we also had a Meridith! That means it counts for a Going Over Our Freds, despite Fred Olen Ray…

This is the part 3 of our 3-parter on the south side neighborhood of Englewood, which harbored 3 active serials killers at the same time in the 1990s. This episode focuses on the the police torture that led to an unknowable number of false confessions, the ongoing legacy of that torture, and how it contributed to the difficulty in identifying and p…

Send us a text We complete the Christmas Gauntlet with Dognapped: Hound for the Holidays, from 2022. Merry Christmas! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

This is the part 2 of our 3-parter on the south side neighborhood of Englewood, which harbored 3 active serials killers at the same time in the 1990s. This episode focuses on the similarity of the crimes committed by all three of these killers, and how the conditions in Englewood promoted these similarities. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, murder R…

Send us a text This week we discuss A Royal Christmas on Ice, from 2022. There's actual ice skating in this one! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

This is the part 1 of our 3-parter on the south side neighborhood of Englewood, which harbored 3 active serials killers at the same time in the 1990s. This episode focuses on the history of Englewood and how it became a fertile environment for violent serial murder. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, murder Research sources include: Mello-Klein, Cody.…

Send us a text Mike and Charlie from Random Acts of Cinema join us for a conversation about A Christmas Wedding Date! Catch more from Mike & Charlie on Twitter at @RandomActsOfCin! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected]…

This is the part 2 of our 2-parter on Wolf Lake, a southeast side lake that drew the attention of Leopold and Loeb as well as Andrew Urdiales. In this episode we discuss Andrew Urdiales' murderous actions in both SoCal and around Wolf Lake. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, torture, murder, death penalty Research sources include: "California Kidnappi…

Send us a text We continue the Christmas Gauntlet with The Christmas Gift (with a brief primer on season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a detour through Broadway and movie musicals). Update: This episode was recorded and released in December 2024, before Michelle Trachtenberg's tragic passing in February 2025. Rest in peace, Michelle <3 BlueSky:…

This is the part 1 of our 2-parter on Wolf Lake, a southeast side lake that drew the attention of Leopold and Loeb as well as Andrew Urdiales. We dive into the history of Wolf Lake and the Chicago neighborhood it sits it, Hegewisch. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, torture, murder Research sources include: “Southeast Side Marsh Is Urban Oasis.” WBEZ…

Send us a text We continue the Christmas Gauntlet with A Christmas in Royal Fashion! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

This is the part 2 of our series on the L&L Tavern, a notorious dive bar that both John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer patronized. What drew them to the L&L Tavern? What made them feel so comfortable there? Who's drinking there today? TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, torture, murder, cannibalism, anthropophagy, homophobia Research sources include: “J…

Send us a text In this episode, we kick off the Christmas Gauntlet with A Perfect Christmas List! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Welcome to Season 3 of Murderland Chicago: A Deep Dish of Death! Our theme this season is TRIANGLES OF TERROR—we'll explore key Chicago locations that have drawn the attention of more than their fair share of Chicagoland's serial killers. This is the first of a 2 part series on the L&L Tavern. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, child abuse, torture, m…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing The Phantom Empire, a 1980s sci-fi horror adventure. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing The Haunting of Muffin Baker, chosen by listener Sebastian! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Deadly Shores, a 2018 thriller. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Droid Gunner (aka Cyberzone), a 1995 action sci-fi movie with SPECIAL GUEST Mike Noyes from the Random Acts of Cinema podcast! Catch more of Mike at: Twitter: @RandomActsOfCin Also Twitter: @The_Noyes YouTube: @mikebnoyes BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkenne…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Abner, the Invisible Dog, a 2013 family comedy. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Bikini Drive-In, a 1995 Comedy, with SPECIAL GUEST Joe Drilling! Catch more of Joe at: BlueSky: @shakewell.bsky.social Instagram: @joeonthestick YouTube: Same Name, Different Game TikTok: @rogerretrogamingpuppet BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Assault on VA-33, a 2021 action thriller. The Veterans Crisis line provides free, confidential support and crisis intervention 24/7/365. To reach them, dial 988 and press 1. More information is available at: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurF…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood, a 2012 Western/Drama. Also discussed in this episode: Honor Bound: How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche by Ryan P. Brown. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: goingoverourfr…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing A Christmas in Vermont, a 2016 holiday comedy. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Dire Wolf, a 2009 sci fi action horror movie. Plus an interview with Gregory Paul Smith, who plays the dire wolf in the film! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected]…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Biohazard, a 1985 sci fi horror movie. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Nuclear Hurricane, a 2007 thriller/disaster. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

This is part 3 of our series on the deadly duo of Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca, who killed Columbo's family in 1976. We discuss the media aftermath of Columbo and DeLuca's convictions. We also recap season 2 and give a preview of season 3! Howard, Clark. Love’s Blood. St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1994. “Woman Speaks out about 1976 Murder of Her Pa…

This is part 2 of our series on the deadly duo of Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca, who killed Columbo's family in 1976. We discuss how the toxic romance between Patty and DeLuca led them to plan and carry out the murder of Patty's parents and younger brother. Howard, Clark. Love’s Blood. St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1994. “Woman Speaks out about 1976…

This is the first of our3 episode series on the deadly duo of Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca, who killed Columbo's family in 1976. In this episode we discuss the culture of Chicago's middle-class suburbs and cover Patty's childhood in the city, adolescence in the suburbs, and how she and Frank DeLuca met and sparked their deadly relationship. Ho…

In this episode, we discuss how 1920s era Chicago shaped the toxic relationship between Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, what led them to murder Loeb's 14 year old second cousin Bobby Franks, and why this so-called "perfect crime" was anything but. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, murder, the death penalty Research sources include: Williams, John. N…

This is the final episode of our three part series on Larry Eyler, a serial killer who targeted gay men from the Indianapolis / Terre Haute, IN areas all the way to Chicagoland and beyond. In this episode we discuss his possible accomplice and how competing incentives among different legal players helped to ensure that the whole truth about what ha…

Here is part two of our three part series on Larry Eyler, a serial killer who targeted gay men from the Indianapolis / Terre Haute, IN areas all the way to Chicagoland and beyond. In this episode we discuss his crimes, how he was caught—and freed!—in Indiana, which culminated in Eyler's arrival to the north side of Chicago. TW: Sexual assault, chil…

Welcome to Season 2 of Murderland Chicago: A Deep Dish of Death! This is the first of a three part series on Larry Eyler, an often-overlooked serial killer who targeted gay men from the Indianapolis / Terre Haute, IN areas all the way to Chicagoland and beyond. We discuss the economic and cultural relationship between Chicago and Indiana, the leath…

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Sniper: Special Ops, a 2016 action movie starring Steven Segal! BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Bikini Jones, a 2010 "sex comedy." (It's porn.) BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Billy Frankenstein, a 1998 Fantasy Comedy Horror. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing The Shooter, a 1997 Western. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Critical Mass, a 2001 action movie. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Evil Toons, a 1992 supernatural horror comedy. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing A Prince for Christmas (2015) and A Christmas Princess (2019), both holiday romance movies. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text In this episode, we're discussing Alienator, a 1988 action film. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkennedythenices Twitter: @goofpodcast Email: [email protected] Michael Kennedy & Meridith Halsey

Send us a text Welcome to GOING OVER OUR FREDS, where we watch Fred Olen Ray movies and rate them on "quality." We explore such questions as "are they trying?" "does this movie make any sense?" and "is this movie entertaining?" We debut with Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers. BlueSky: @goofpodcast.bsky.social Instagram @GoingOverOurFreds Tiktok: @mlkenned…

Thank you everyone for listening and sending in your feedback! We got together to reflect on season one, highlight themes and patterns that became clear during the making of the podcast, and interview a special guest to get a behind-the-scenes view into the kind of work that goes on in labs! We also preview Season 2 of Murderland Chicago: A Deep Di…

This is part two of our conversation about the Ripper Crew, a group of young men who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered women for years in the early 1980s. In this episode we discuss the known victims, describe the interpersonal dynamics of the Ripper Crew and how they got caught, and finally, where all this fits into the national Satanic Panic of t…

This is the first of two episodes about the Ripper Crew, a group of young men who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered women for years in the early 1980s, but who are not well-remembered today. We discuss how and why the Ripper Crew averaged a victim per month for nearly 2 years without raising any sort of alarm for the police, media, or general publi…

We wrap up our coverage of John Wayne Gacy with a discussion about why so many young men and boys went missing in Chicagoland without any repercussions, the locations that Gacy was known to cruise for sexual partners and for victims, and the long term impact that these crimes have had on Chicago. TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault involving minors, tor…

This is the first of two episodes about John Wayne Gacy, a uniquely Chicago monster. We re-examine who Gacy was using Chicago’s cultures and geography as a backdrop. Listen for our analysis of Gacy as a member of Chicago’s Polish community, a member of the Catholic faith, an active participant in local politics, and as a man who embraced cruising i…

In the prior episode, we talked about how a racist law enforcement system put three innocent men on trial while Brian Dugan remained free for 2 years. Today we're going to talk about the additional crimes that were enabled by this circus, and we're going to get into what happened when we decided to visit Dugan in prison. TW: Sexual assault, murder,…